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Portions of Interstate 89 by exit 8, the Montpelier exit, are closed due to a motor vehicle accident, police said. Police confirmed two people were killed in the crash. The victims' names are not being released at this time.

Two men pleaded not guilty to 15 charges of unlawful mischief, related to cars in Burlington being vandalized with BB guns. Court documents allege that Alexander Charbonneau, 30, and William Bowler, 24, would drive around in Bowler’s Dodge pickup truck at night and shoot out car windows with BB guns

Police in Vermont arrested a high school student Thursday after the 18-year-old allegedly said he wanted to harm others. Detectives with the Fair Haven Police Department arrested Jack Sawyer, 18, of Poultney, Vermont, after he reportedly said he wished to commit a shooting at Fair Haven High School

Two Vermont men have been arrested following a string of Chittenden County burglaries. Police say Samuel Blatt, 26, of Swanton, and Ryan Chamberlain, 25, of Winooski, are behind at least seven burglaries last month in Jericho, Westford, Milton and Essex. The arrests come after a three-week investigation involving multiple police departments.

One man is dead in an officer-involved shooting during a traffic stop on I-89 Sunday afternoon, according to Vermont State Police. Police said a Vermont State Police trooper and an officer with the Richmond Police Department shot the man during the traffic stop just before 4 p.m.

A man suffered a collapsed lung after the vehicle he was driving struck a slow-moving plow truck early Saturday on Interstate 89 in Colchester. Herbert Durfee II, 55, of Grand Isle, attempted to pass the truck, which was distributing salt, but he clipped its side plow wing, state police said.

Vermont State police said a man died Thursday morning after he was struck with a bucket loader in Berkshire. Police said Jamie St. Pierre was operating the equipment just before 6 a.m. at Pleasant Valley Farms on Richford Road.

One Massachusetts man has died after a snowmobile crash Thursday night, according to police. Police said around 7 p.m., a snowmobile operated by Bruce Bohonowicz crashed on VAST Trail 96 by the intersection of Todd Hill Road in Lemington.

A close call for a driver on Interstate 89. Police say a semi was involved in a minor accident in Williston. They were escorted by DMV to a pull-off in the Bolton area. A sedan joined them and the driver got out to clean ice off his windows. That's when a silver pickup truck pulled in and hit the sedan and its driver. Thankfully, the driver wasn't seriously hurt.

Police said Derby man has been arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and having hundreds of bags of suspected heroin inside his car. Vermont State Police said they found Patrick Parris, 31, unresponsive at a rest area off of I-91 in Westminster at approximately 11 a.m. Thursday.

Two men are facing charges after officers uncovered more than 400 marijuana plants in their home, police said. Troopers said they pulled a car over for speeding on Route 103 in Mount Holly. Kevin Burnham, 49, of Proctor, was identified as the driver and Keeghan Burnham, 25, also of Proctor, was identified as a passenger.

A fugitive on the run for almost a year has been captured in Richford. Police say they received a tip Monday that Duane Delisle was hiding out at a residence on Thomas Street. After searching the residence for approximately 45 minutes, police located him hiding inside a piece of furniture.

Authorities are investigating whether possible intoxicants could have been a factor after a car crash left one woman dead. Castleton police said Crystal Anderson, 34, was driving a 2007 Honda Civic when she collided with a 2012 white transport bus Wednesday. Anderson and two 13-year-old passengers were taken to a nearby hospital.

Vermont State Police were looking for several suspects accused of breaking into a Fair Haven home and attacking a man Monday morning. Police said two suspects went inside while a third stayed outside the house

Two men face charges connected to a home invasion Sunday night in Mt. Holly. Authorities say troopers were called to a home on Old Turnpike Road just before 11 p.m. The resident told police that two males used weapons to force their way into the home.

Burlington: Police look for suspicious man who approached children. Police was called to Ethan Allen Parkway by a parent of two 7 and 8 year-old girls. The girls told their mother that a man driving a grey car stopped to talk to them and asked them to get in his car. They were near their home and immediately ran to tell her.

Fire crews say a fatal house fire is not being investigated as suspicious, but they have identified the victim. John King, 83, was killed in the fire that erupted around 4:30 a.m. in Waitsfield. Firefighters said they arrived on scene to discover flames coming from the back portion of the house on the lower level.

A police standoff in St. Albans has ended peacefully and with a suspect in custody. Chief Gary Taylor said the U.S. Marshals and St. Albans police went to 32 Rugg Street at 7:26 a.m. Wednesday to arrest a fugitive.

The Bristol Police Department is searching for the woman who robbed a bank in Bristol Saturday morning. Police said the suspect walked into the National Bank of Middlebury on Main Street just after 11 a.m.

A woman robbed the NorthCountry Federal Credit Union office in Alburgh Tuesday night. Vermont state police responded to the robbery on South Main Street at 4:48 p.m. They said a woman dressed in blue jeans, a dark jacket, and a scarf walked into the bank and demanded money.